[Tylerbv]

Originally posted by Mister Martian

Well, this will mean that it will be getting a stupid huge amount of spins.

I don't think so unless I have it wrong. I thought it was what radio station gets to attend the premiere of the video. This could have an impact on the spins but it won't be some freakin' huge number.

I think that's what the contest is anyways.

[Mezik]

I need the video God damnit.

[Mezik]

Still waiting on that video.

[Tylerbv]

I'm not expecting it too soon.

As excited as I am for it, it'd probably be better to release it later than sooner. It usually boosts the song a little.

[Mezik]

Releasing the video the day the VMA nominations are announced.

[teddies]

Originally posted by Mezik

Still waiting on that video.

still waiting on this to hit top 100 on iTunes it does already have over 200k downloads, perhaps that's why it's a little slow...

[OnlyManInTheWorld]

Originally posted by teddies

still waiting on this to hit top 100 on iTunes it does already have over 200k downloads, perhaps that's why it's a little slow...

it better not be the Dark Side 2.0

[teddies]

Originally posted by OnlyManInTheWorld

it better not be the Dark Side 2.0

if this flops I'll stab myself in the face

[OnlyManInTheWorld]

Originally posted by teddies

if this flops I'll stab myself in the face

let's hope for the best but prepare for the worst...

[evan93]

Oh cmon, it's nearly in the top. 100 on ITunes with MINIMAL airplay, the updates on radio seem encouraging. There's no point in thinking this will flop.

[teddies]

it'll be alright. i prefer a slow, steady progression opposed to rapid one where the hype fizzles out quickly. that's kind of what happened to "Good Girl," it had an incredible start than spluttered for 8 weeks most multi-week #1's increase gradually, and that's exactly what "Blown Away" is doing, and what "Drunk On You" and "Springsteen" have recently done.

today's mediabase update was pretty impressive.

[newwil7l]

The reason why its low is because of the new albums that were released this week and their tracks

[evan93]

Originally posted by newwil7l

The reason why its low is because of the new albums that were released this week and their tracks

That's true.

[Mezik]

I'm going crazy without this video.

[ClintEastwood24]

Originally posted by Mezik

I'm going crazy without this video.

I'm pretty sure I've watched the preview for the music video EVERY SINGLE DAY (more than once per day) since the day it came out.

I need this video now before I blow my own ****ing house down.

[Johnny]

This video looks like it will smash. Love the song, too.

[Mezik]

Originally posted by OklahomaWind

I'm pretty sure I've watched the preview for the music video EVERY SINGLE DAY (more than once per day) since the day it came out.

I need this video now before I blow my own ****ing house down.

Me to..

I'm about to ***** myself out for all the people working in that office just so I can have that God damn video in my life.

[newwil7l]

I can't wait no more

[Mezik]

Originally posted by newwil7l

I can't wait no more

Neither can the rest of us.

[Mezik]

Single Review: Carrie Underwood, “Blown Away”
by Sam Gazdziak

July 5, 2012

Four albums into her career, Carrie Underwood’s career growth has been fairly stunning.

It’s hard to imagine that the talent-show winner who sang “Jesus Take the Wheel” would morph into a fully fledged pop superstar with speaker-rattling pop-rock songs like “Good Girl” and “Blown Away.”

While the evolution has been fascinating to watch, the problem is that someone who was thought of as the next female country superstar has effectively left country music behind and moved on to bigger things, and it’s a loss for the genre.

“Blown Away,” Underwood’s new single, has some of the most interesting lyrics she’s had to work with in some time, courtesy of writers Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins. It borrows a little from the Miranda Lambert songbook, where an abusive father is made to account for his sins with death by tornado. While it’s a bit more passive than a Lambert song (she would have shot the SOB a few times before letting the twister carry him away), there is a satisfying sense of Old Testament-style vengeance to it.

Many of the main story elements are absent – the age of the narrator, exactly what the father did that was so awful – but there’s still plenty create some vivid imagery. Much like Martina McBride’s “Independence Day” never reveals the actual fate of the mother, “Blown Away” lets listeners fill in their own details.

As noted though, this is not being sung by Carrie Underwood, Country Singer. Instead, this is Carrie Underwood, International Pop Diva, and the song is glitzed up and glossed over to make it pop radio-ready. It’s been so thoroughly produced and sanitized that there isn’t a trace of a country song left in “Blown Away.” There have been “country” remixes of Kelly Clarkson singles that sound more traditional than this one.

The frustrating thing is that the gloss is so uncalled for. The altered vocals, the bombastic instrumentation, those things just take away from the vocals. It’s all well and good if the singer is Katy Perry or Ke$ha, as they need all the help they can get. But Carrie Underwood? Aside from a few impressive and effortless high notes that serve as a reminder of her capabilities, her vocal abilities are effectively buried.

Pop music today is very restrictive – possibly more so than country music – and a certain type of sound is needed to get significant airplay. So if the idea behind the song was to make Underwood sound like every other pop singer out there, then it’s a success. The downside, though, is that everything that made her special in the first place is getting lost in the process.

Written by Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins

Grade: B-

This guy is from an old site, the 9513.. and he hates anything that Carrie records. He's a prick and I'm ready to ****ing tweet the death out of him until he jumps off a bridge with a noose around his neck. This review is bull ****.